JSU commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer looked back, but also looked ahead

As is appropriate, there have been many programs in the Jackson area celebrating or commemorating, what we refer to as Freedom Summer. Most of the events have been of excellent quality, informing or reminding thousands of what happened during that historic summer. The program at the COFO Center on the campus of Jackson State University, however, is the focus of our attention because it wedded two different, but necessary, endeavors. Like most of the other programs, it presented the narratives, the stories of what happened during the summer of 1964. Like some other programs, it showcased research projects done on various aspects of, or efforts growing out of, the 1964 Summer Project. The Margaret Walker Center-sponsored program thus did both things.  From 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m., the audience was exposed to the research of four scholars – Dr. Michelle Deardorff, Dr. Jeffrey Kolnick, Dr. Tiyi Morris, and Dr. Daphne

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Battle of Honey Springs and beyond

Black Civil War heroes in Indian Territory  Union Civil War victories in July 1863 were a welcome occurrence at Vicksburg and Gettysburg on July 4, and at Port Hudson, LA, on the lower Mississippi on July 9, yet another victory and perhaps even bloodier battles were developing in the region known as Indian Territory, which became the state of Oklahoma in 1907. Last Saturday, October 5, members of the Rock Creek Civil War Roundtable and their guests devoted two hours of intensive discussion and reflection on the July 17, 1863, Battle of Honey Springs, which was also called the Battle of Elk Creek by the Confederates.  Retired history professor and college administrator Art Burton, a prolific writer on Black adventurers in the Indian Territory and the Wild West, was the guest speaker. After the secession of Texas and Arkansas, the Indian Territory was claimed by the Confederacy and was defended

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A Salute to Dr. Ivory Phillips!

Dr. Ivory Phillips has been a contributing writer to the Jackson Advocate for 42 years. He has been instrumental in highlighting issues in the Jackson community that deal with education and politics.

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OPINION: Preparing to vote

By Marian Wright Edelman Jackson Advocate Guest Writer There is now just one month to go until Election Day in the United States, and in

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